Question

Determine whether the statement makes sense or not (Please help)

Answer 1

Answer: No

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Step-by-step explanation:

The number
`7 * 10^(10)` is the number 7 followed by 10 zeros

`7 * 10^(10) =` 70,000,000,000 = 70 billion

According to statista.com, there are roughly 229 million drivers in the US (based on a 2019 survey).

Divide the two amounts to get:

(70 billion)/(229 million) = (70*1000 million)/(229 million) = 305.677 approximately

This indicates that each driver uses about 306 gallons of gas per day.

This value is way too high.

Therefore, the initial claim does not make sense.

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Upon further research, the site eia.gov states that Americans use about 337 million gallons of gasoline per day (not 70 billion).

Notice how (337 million)/(229 million) = 1.472 approximately which is far more realistic. It makes more sense to have any given driver use somewhere between 1 or 2 gallons of gas per day. Of course, all of this depends on the person's location from home to work, the amount of traffic, etc.